Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ZV-E1
Focusing using touch operations (Touch Focus)
[Touch Focus] allows you to specify a position where you want to focus using touch operations.
Configure the settings as follows from MENU →
(Setup) → [Touch Operation] in advance:
[Touch Operation]: [On]
[Shooting Screen] → [Shooting Screen]: [On]
This function is available when [
Focus Area] is set to one of following parameters. However, the function may not be
available depending on the setting for [
Focus Area Limit].
[Wide]
[Zone]
[Center Fix]
[Tracking: Wide]
[Tracking: Zone]
[Tracking: Center Fix]
Specifying the position where you want to focus in the still image mode
When performing auto-focusing, you can specify the position where you want to focus using touch operations. After
touching the monitor and specifying a position, press the shutter button halfway down to focus.
Specifying the position where you want to focus in the movie recording mode
The camera will focus on the touched subject.
Hint
If you set [Touch Func. in Shooting] to [Touch Focus+AE], the brightness will be set according to the subject you touched. This
will also allow you to fine-tune the brightness by sliding the brightness adjustment bar that appears after touching.
In addition to the touch focus function, touch operations such as the following are also available.
The focusing frame for [Spot] and [Expand Spot] can be moved by dragging.
MENU →
(Setup) → [Touch Operation] → [Shooting Screen] → [Touch Func. in Shooting] → [Touch
Focus].
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Touch the monitor.
Touch the subject to focus.
To cancel focusing with touch operations, touch
(Touch focus release) icon or press the center of the control
wheel.
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Press the shutter button halfway down to focus.
Press the shutter button all the way down to shoot images.
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Touch the subject on which you want to focus before or during recording.
When [
Focus Mode] is set to [Continuous AF], the focus mode temporarily switches to manual focus, and the
focus can be adjusted using the focus ring (spot focus).
To cancel spot focus, touch
(Touch focus release) icon or press the center of the control wheel.
When [
Focus Mode] is set to [Manual Focus], the focus mode temporarily switches to [Continuous AF]. When
the touched area is in focus, the focus mode returns to manual focus.
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